Kitchen Cabinetry Stolen

June 23, 1985

COCONUT CREEKCORAL SPRINGS — Gregory Jones told police Wednesday $4,000 worth of kitchen cabinetry was stolen from a house under construction in the 3800 block of Northwest 35th Street.

Jones said somebody removed the property from the master bedroom, where it was being stored, between noon Monday and 9:36 a.m. Wednesday. He said the cabinets were to be used in surrounding apartments currently under construction.

TIRES, WHEELS MISSING FROM CAR

William Carter, 23, told police Tuesday the front wheels and tires, worth $210, were missing from his 1976 Firebird, parked in the 6800 block of Northwest 39th Avenue.

Carter said he parked the car, which was for sale, at that location five months ago. When he last checked on it June 15, he said the car was intact.Sheets of plywood worth $920 were reported stolen from the headquarters of Empire Builders Inc., in the 10900 block of Sample Road, between 5 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Ludwig Schop of Empire Builders told police the 92 sheets had been located outside the company`s offices.

BICYCLE TAKEN AT PARK

Silvia Gonzalez, of the 3000 block of Coral Springs Drive, reported the theft of her son`s bicycle from the basketball court area at Mullins Park sometime around 5 p.m. Monday.

Gonzalez told police her son had returned home from the park, leaving the unsecured bike behind. The bike is valued at $200.Police and firefighters were called Thursday to rescue two youngsters who were surrounded by a brush fire in an area near the 200 block of 208th Avenue, police said.

The fire was believed to have been caused by the hot catalytic converter in a 1979 Chevrolet Blazer the youths were driving, police said.

The youths were not identified. One was taken to Memorial Hospital in Hollywood for treatment of minor burns suffered while he was trying to extinguish the fire, police said.

Police said the fire was put out without incident.

CITY SPRAYER MISSING

The motor and wheels of a city sprayer, were stolen sometime last week, police said.

The stolen items were valued at $257, police said.

Police said they were unsure when the equipment was stolen or how the thief gained entrance to the locked compound at 6700 Miramar Parkway.A 1984, four-door, white Audi worth $21,000, was reported stolen from the home of Robert Kerr, 29, of the 1100 block of Windward Drive, police said.

The vehicle, stolen between 11:45 p.m. June 16 and 7:15 a.m. June 17, is owned by a Miami business for which Kerr is the sales manager, police said.

Kerr told police he was unable to find the keys to the car and that he may have dropped them on the driveway near the car or left them in the passenger door before the vehicle was stolen.

GLASS DOOR SMASHED, SHOP BURGLARIZED

A burglar who smashed the glass front door of the F-Stop Photo shop in the 1600 block of North Hiatus Road Wednesday stole $1,200 worth of equipment, police said.

Robert Uchitel, 28, of the 9600 block of Northwest 14th Street, told police that on Monday between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., someone broke into his home by smashing the bathroom window and stole $2,950 worth of property and $400 in cash.

Among the items stolen, police said, were a color TV, a stereo receiver, a vacuum cleaner and car stereo.Jack Gerard, of Hallandale, told police someone stole his rented 1985 Chevette Thursday, between 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m., from a parking lot in the 3800 block of West Broward Boulevard.

WOMAN ROBBED OF GOLD NECKLACES

Anna R. Leff, 74, of Sunrise, told police that while she was eating lunch at Arby`s Wednesday afternoon, a man walked behind her and tore the two necklaces from around her neck. Leff said three men had been at a table next to her and when they left, one of the men grabbed her necklaces. The men then ran out of the restaurant and fled in a parked car, police said. The gold chains were valued at $1,300, police reported.

$20,000 IN JEWELS STOLEN FROM HOME

Paul G. Tekel told police someone broke into his home, in the 500 block of Southwest 62nd Avenue, Wednesday between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., and stole approximately $20,000 worth of jewelry.

EQUIPMENT TAKEN FROM STORE

Someone broke into a fenced compound behind the Taylor Rental store, in the 400 block of South State Road 7, Wednesday and stole a pressure cleaner and two gas-powered lawn edgers, which had a total value of $1,749, police reported.

CAR BURGLARIZED; RADAR DETECTOR GONE

Jerome Norby told police someone broke into his 1979 Pontiac Wednesday and stole a radar detector, valued at $295, while the vehicle was parked in the driveway of his home, in the 10000 block of Southwest Second Street, police said.A vacuum worth $426 was stolen Thursday from a condominium in the 6200 block of West Sunrise Boulevard, police reported. Janitor Joseph Barbera discovered the vacuum missing from a maintenance closet he said had been locked the night before, police reported.

WIRE RIM HUBCAPS TAKEN FROM CAR

Wire rim hubcaps worth $320 were stolen Thursday from a car owned by John Auriemma, of the 9100 block Sunset Strip, police reported. The car had been parked in front of Auriemma`s home, police reported.